Starwood Club, Music venue in West Hollywood, United States
Starwood Club was a compact music venue located at the corner of Santa Monica Boulevard and Crescent Heights Boulevard in West Hollywood. It held around 800 people and featured live performances from emerging and established rock bands.
The space originally opened as P.J.'s in 1961 and was taken over by Eddie Nash in 1973, who renamed it Starwood Club. It operated for eight years before authorities closed it in 1981.
The club served as a gathering place where punk and metal bands found their first audiences in late 1970s Los Angeles. Musicians and fans met here to hear experimental sounds that were reshaping rock music at the time.
The intimate size of the venue made it easy to see performers up close from almost anywhere in the room. Its central location on Santa Monica Boulevard meant it was accessible and a natural gathering spot for the music community.
Mötley Crüe performed their first concert at this venue on April 24, 1981, just weeks before it closed. Bassist Nikki Sixx worked there and helped arrange this historic debut that would later become an important moment in metal history.
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